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.TH PMDATE 1 "PCP" "Performance Co-Pilot"
.SH NAME
\f3pmdate\f1 \- display an offset date
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B pmdate
[\fIoffset\fR ...]
.I format
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B pmdate
displays the current date and/or time, with an optional offset.
.PP
An
.I offset
is specified with a leading sign (``+'' or ``-''), followed by an
integer value, followed by one of the following ``scale'' specifiers;
.IP S
seconds
.PD 0
.IP M
minutes
.IP H
hours
.IP d
days
.IP m
months
.IP y
years
.PD
.PP
The output
.I format
follows the same rules as for
.BR date (1)
and
.BR strftime (3).
.PP
For example, the following will display the date a week ago as DDMMYYYY;
.in +8n
.ft CW
pmdate \-7d %d%m%Y
.ft R
.in -8n
.SH PCP ENVIRONMENT
Environment variables with the prefix \fBPCP_\fP are used to parameterize
the file and directory names used by PCP.
On each installation, the
file \fI/etc/pcp.conf\fP contains the local values for these variables.
The \fB$PCP_CONF\fP variable may be used to specify an alternative
configuration file, as described in \fBpcp.conf\fP(5).
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR date (1),
.BR strftime (3),
.BR pcp.conf (5)
and
.BR pcp.env (5).
